An essay on the philosophy, study, and use of natural historyWhite, Cochrane, and Company, 1813 - 236 pages |
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Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) AN ESSAY ON THE PHILOSOPHY , STUDY , AND USE OF NATURAL HISTORY . BY CHARLES FOTHERGILL . " Happy the man , who , studying Nature's laws , Through known effects can trace the secret cause . " DRYDEN'S ...
Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) AN ESSAY ON THE PHILOSOPHY , STUDY , AND USE OF NATURAL HISTORY . BY CHARLES FOTHERGILL . " Happy the man , who , studying Nature's laws , Through known effects can trace the secret cause . " DRYDEN'S ...
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... Nature of the Pursuit ; and its Effects on Individuals , and to Society at large . ยท CHAP . II . A mere Acquaintance with the proper Technical Terms , and a Knowledge of Scientific Arrangement , not the true and most important Objects ...
... Nature of the Pursuit ; and its Effects on Individuals , and to Society at large . ยท CHAP . II . A mere Acquaintance with the proper Technical Terms , and a Knowledge of Scientific Arrangement , not the true and most important Objects ...
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... Nature of Animals . On the State of Man . His Free Agency . Predestination . The Doctrines of Chance . Atheism ... 88 CHAP . VI . On the Extent of Man's Dominion over animated Na- ture , and of the Caution he ought to observe against ...
... Nature of Animals . On the State of Man . His Free Agency . Predestination . The Doctrines of Chance . Atheism ... 88 CHAP . VI . On the Extent of Man's Dominion over animated Na- ture , and of the Caution he ought to observe against ...
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... natural science ; and you have cultivated them with the most ample success , in regions of the world far more interesting to the present state of philosophy , because less known , than any of those it has hitherto been my fortune to ...
... natural science ; and you have cultivated them with the most ample success , in regions of the world far more interesting to the present state of philosophy , because less known , than any of those it has hitherto been my fortune to ...
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... Natural Philosophy , and to develope many of those secret and mys- terious laws by which some parts of the animal creation are governed , that could not be intro- duced with propriety into any of the series of works I am at present ...
... Natural Philosophy , and to develope many of those secret and mys- terious laws by which some parts of the animal creation are governed , that could not be intro- duced with propriety into any of the series of works I am at present ...
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